title: Computed tomography in von Recklinghausen's disease.
abstract: Though we knew it would be difficult to predict whether a child having von Recklinghausen's disease would develop a central nervous system lesion in the future, we tried to find a clue to this question in our study, by comparing computed tomography (CT) findings of 18 children with those of 21 adults. 55% of the children and 85% of the adults showed abnormal findings on CT. The most common finding was mild ventricular dilatation without periventricular hypodensity. Some of them showed ventricular stasis without block on radioisotope cisternography.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed